Hi. This is my morning sketch of the comet Linear from Provence. Just scanned.I approximate the mag to 8.0 +/- 0.3. The comet is very easy to catch with a large field eyepiece. I use my achromatic refractor Bresser with a 25 mm eyepiece.This nice little comet is approaching Dubhe, closest approach tomorrow morning !The movement is quite speedy, similar to the previous one : Hergenrother.

Fice sketch. A comet with a tail! **** rain go away, I want it to see too

Thanks to you all, except the fact that you seemed all enoying with the clouds, this comet is easy to catch, the tail is much longer than those of Garradd or Hergenrother, maybe 15 to 20 minutes of arc with my refractor.
Courage !

that`s a big number !because at 168P I measured "only" a max. 7` tail.

Maybe I made a wrong estimation. But as far as I know, 7' is only the coma diameter ... In comparison here my oct. Hergenrother sketchIf the weather is good tomorrow morning I will made a more precise estimation.

Wow, I never had a look at your website. You have a bunch of very fine sketches. You are very talented. Nice representations of sunspots evolving. Beautiful. I like your lunar sketches presentation, so nice.

Wow Michel, beautiful drawing !
I have not been able to observe this comet but obviously I missed a beautiful vision.

Hi Laurent
Thank you, It's nice to meet you here !
The frist time I saw this little comet was... during the 43e RAGBR near Rians, decembre the 8th.
I had no optical instrument with me and I push a guy with a nice small Dobson mount to catch Lienar before the comet set. I don't remember who it was. That was a poor vision, 'cause the comet was very low on the northern horizon. My sketch was very basic, just a small circle cloud... I don't share.
Anyway, the comet visibility is not ended. You can try early evening before the moon rise, for a week or so.
Friendly yours
Michel